CHIT CHAT
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For real, for real, for real.
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For real, for real, for real, for real.
Who who who who who who who who
Snipped pips, snipped pips, snipped
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For real, for real, for real?
Who who who who who who who who
Snipped pips, snipped pips, snipped pips?
What? What
Did your poodle do? Did your poodle do
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For real, for real, for real, for real?
Who who who who who who who who
Snipped pips, snipped pips, snipped
What? What? What
Did your poodle do? Did your poodle do?
We are or were, we are or were
Busy fizzing busy fizzing busy fiz
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For real, for real, for real.
Who who who who who who who who
Snipped pips, snipped pips, snipped
What? What
Did your poodle do? Did your poodle do?
We are or were, we are or were
Busy fizzing busy fizzing busy fizzing biz –
Quarrel a lot then, quarrel a lot.
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Ketchup.
Pour it down the bra.
Thank you. Toodle loo
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For real, for real, for real, for real.
Who who who who who who who?
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(Translated from the Thai)
Big debate with my Thai friend as to what the birds are saying. Of course, they are speaking in Thai, and Thai speakers (with their five tones) “hear” quite differently to the way an English person “hears” – so this poem is more accurately perhaps a transliteration. It’s a dog that keeps saying “What”.
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